reflecting telescope

re·flect·ing telescope (r-flktng) n. A telescope in which light from the object is gathered and focused by a concave mirror, with the resulting image magnified by the eyepiece.

reflecting telescope Newton's reflecting telescope; f indicates the focus

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reflecting telescope

Noun

a telescope in which the initial image is formed by a concave mirror

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reflecting telescope  (r-flktng)

See under telescope.

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reflecting telescope - optical telescope consisting of a large concave mirror that produces an image that is magnified by the eyepiece; "Isaac Newton invented the reflecting telescope in 1668" reflector Cassegrainian telescope, Gregorian telescope - a reflecting telescope that has a paraboloidal primary mirror and a hyperboloidal secondary mirror; light is brought to a focus through an aperture in the center of the primary mirror coude system, coude telescope - a reflecting telescope so constructed that the light is led to a plate holder or spectrograph Herschelian telescope, off-axis reflector - a reflecting telescope with the mirror slightly tilted to throw the image to the side where it can be viewed Maksutov telescope - reflecting telescope in which the aberration of the concave mirror is reduced by a meniscus lens Newtonian reflector, Newtonian telescope - reflecting telescope in which the image is viewed through an eyepiece perpendicular to main axis optical telescope - an astronomical telescope designed to collect and record light from cosmic sources parabolic mirror - a parabolic reflector for light radiation Schmidt camera, Schmidt telescope - reflecting telescope that has plate that corrects for aberration so a wide area of sky can be photographed